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Facebook has been found asking users for their email passwords. A screen form told users that their email address needed to be confirmed in order to update their contact information, and suggested that it could be done via gmx.net. All the user needed … Continue reading Facebook Demanded User Email Passwords
Android spyware known as Exodus has been found in more than 20 apps on Google Play Store. The malware is believed to have been developed by the Italian firm eSurv, which has commercial connections to the Italian government.
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The UK Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW) website was subject to a malware attack that it discovered on March 9, 2019. It appears that this was a ransomware attack; but the strain has not been announced.
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Global spending on security-related hardware software and services will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% between 2018 and 2022, to a total of $133.8 billion in 2022. The figures come from the latest Worldwide Semiannual Security Spe… Continue reading Global Security Spend Set to Grow to $133.8 Billion by 2022: IDC
PuTTY, an SSH and Telnet client program, and LibSSH2, a client-side C library for the SSH2 protocol, have both received updates fixing multiple vulnerabilities. Eight vulnerabilities have been fixed in version 0.71 of PuTTY, and nine vulnerabilities fi… Continue reading Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in PuTTY and LibSSH2
A security firm’s Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) found and reported a vulnerability in SoftNAS Cloud data storage. SoftNAS fixed the vulnerability last week, and details of the vulnerability are now being made public.
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Continue reading Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Found in SoftNAS Cloud
Governments within the European Union appear to be flouting their own GDPR laws. Many official government websites are harboring and delivering tracking cookies from the ad tech industry even though they don’t rely on any advertising income. Eighty-nin… Continue reading European Government Websites Are Delivering Tracking Cookies to Visitors
Eight of the top ten most exploited vulnerabilities in 2018 affected Microsoft products. Only one — but the second most exploited — was an Adobe vulnerability. The last one, ranking at the ninth most exploited vulnerability of 2018, was an Android vu… Continue reading Microsoft Dominates 2018’s Most Exploited Vulnerabilities
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), Australia’s intelligence agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, has joined America’s NSA and the UK’s GCHQ in publishing an account of its vulnerabilities disclosure process. All three agencies ar… Continue reading Australia’s Intelligence Agency Publishes its Vulnerability Disclosure Process
A new variant of the Ursnif trojan has been discovered targeting Japan since the beginning of 2019. Japan is a common target for Ursnif, but the latest version, delivered by Bebloh, goes to increased lengths to ensure that the victim is indeed Japanese… Continue reading New Variant of Ursnif Targeting Japan